Bearfoil
Please explain how with the "programmed" limit of MAX alpha caused the impact. The pilot pulling more nose up would have resulted in a stall or an in and out of the buffet profile. If the nose had been raised more it still does not "kill" the ROD. There have been many display pilots killed thinking they were getting away with it because the nose was above the horizon! The aircraft impacted because there was insufficient ALTITUDE to recover. Perhaps due to a part of the "test" being carried out at an incorrect altitude.